CSS-Tips Chronicles XLIII | CSS-Tips

Usually, I prefer to publish one among these updates each few months. However seeing because the final one dates again to September of final 12 months, I’m effectively off that mark and figured it’s excessive time to place pen to paper. The very fact is that rather a lot is going on round right here at CSS-Tips — and it’s all great things.

The Almanac is rolling

Within the final submit of 2024, I mentioned that filling the Almanac was a high precedence heading into this 12 months. We had just lately refreshed the entire dang factor, full with utterly new sections for documenting CSS selectors, at-rules, and capabilities on high of the sections we already had for properties and pseudo-selectors. The one drawback is that these new sections have been fairly naked.

Properly, not solely has this staff stepped as much as produce a bunch of latest content material for these new sections, however so have you ever. Collectively, we’ve revealed 21 new Almanac entries for the reason that begin of 2025. Right here they’re in all their glory:

What’s even higher? There are at the moment fourteen extra within the hopper that we’re actively engaged on. I actually don’t count on us to maintain this form of tempo all 12 months. A number of work goes into every entry. Plus, if all we ever did was write in Almanac, we’d by no means get new articles and tutorials out to you, which is de facto what we’re all about round right here.

A number of podcasts and occasions

These of you who know me know that I’m not probably the most social individual in all of the land. Sure, I like hanging out with of us and all that, however I are inclined to hold my actions to back-of-the-house stuff and like to remain out of view.

So, that’s why it’s bizarre for me to name out a number of latest podcast and occasion appearances. It’s not like I do these items all that usually, however they’re enjoyable and I like to notice them, even when its just for posterity.

• I hosted Smashing Meets Accessibility, a mini on-line convention that featured three wonderful audio system speaking concerning the ins and outs of WCAG conformance, finest practices, and unbelievable private experiences formed by incapacity.
• I hosted Smashing Meets CSS, one other mini convention from the fantastic Smashing Journal staff. I acquired to hang around with Adam Argyle, Julia Micene, and Miriam Suzanne, all of whom blew my socks off with their displays and panel dialogue on what’s new and doable in fashionable CSS.
• I’m co-hosting a brand-new podcast with Brad Frost known as Open Up! We recorded the primary episode reside in entrance of an viewers that was allowed to talk up and take part within the dialog. The entire thought of the present is that we discuss extra concerning the issues we have a tendency to speak much less about in our work as net designers and builders — the touchy-feely facet of what we do. We lined so many heady subjects, from desperation throughout layoffs to rediscovering objective in your work.
• I used to be a visitor on the Psychological Well being in Tech podcast, becoming a member of a panel of different front-enders to debate angst within the face of latest technological developments. The velocity and fixed drive to market new applied sciences is dizzying and, to me at the least, off-putting to the extent that I’ve questioned my complete place in it as a developer. What a blast attending to return to the podcast a second time and discuss store with a bunch of probably the most considerate, insightful folks you’ll ever hear. I’ll share that when it’s revealed.

A brand new information on styling counters

We revealed it simply the opposite week! I’ll be sincere and say {that a} full information about styling counters in CSS was not the very first thing that got here to my thoughts after we began planning new concepts, however I’ll be darned if Juan didn’t exhibit simply how massive a subject it’s. There are such a lot of concerns on the subject of styling counters — design! accessibility! semantics! — and the variety of instruments now we have in CSS to fashion them is mind-boggling, together with two capabilities that look very comparable however have vastly completely different capabilities for creating customized counters — counter() and counters() (that are additionally freshly revealed within the Almanac).

On the finish of final 12 months, I mentioned I hoped to publish 1-2 new guides, and right here we’re within the first quarter of 2025 with our first one out within the wild! That provides me hope that we’ll be capable to get one other complete information out earlier than the top of the 12 months.

Authors

I believe probably the most thrilling replace of all is getting to acknowledge the parents who’ve revealed new articles with us for the reason that final replace. Please assist me prolong an enormous spherical of applause to all of the faces who’ve rolled up their sleeves and shared their information with us.

And, in fact, nothing on this website could be doable with out ongoing assist from Juan Diego Rodriguez and Ryan Trimble. These two not solely do numerous heavy lifting to maintain the content material machine fed, however they’re additionally simply two fantastic individuals who make my job much more enjoyable and pleasing. Critically, guys, you imply rather a lot to this website and me!